GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |